Kahenya

Intel has left OLPC? What the hell?

Yeah baby yeah. DRM is dead. Finally.

Struggling to get a connection. 3 hours later….

Don't Talk To Us?

A lot of people have been complaining about the internet being disconnected. My connection here is as dodgy as ever. I am getting a dead connection typical of Safaricom, but I don’t think the govt is trimming connections or cutting them off. I do think the connection is as rubbish as ever though. That has not changed.

Later

GPL2 Vs GPL3. Hmmmm

Get well Om Malik. Just read about what happpened.

The Edge..... By Mark Cuban

It’s about the edge. It’s not who you know. It’s not how much money you have. It’s very simple. It’s whether or not you have the edge and have the guts to use it. The edge is getting so jazzed about what you do, you just spent 24 hours straight working on a project and you thought it was a couple hours. The edge is knowing that you have to be the smartest guy in the room when you have your meeting and you are going to put in the effort to learn whatever you need to learn to get there. The edge is knowing is knowing that when the 4 girlfriends you have had in the last couple years asked you which was more important, them or your business, you gave the right answer. The edge is knowing that you can fail and learn from it, and just get back up and in the game. The edge is knowing that people think your crazy, and they are right, but you don’t care what they think. The edge is knowing how to blow off steam a couple times a week, just so you can refocus on business. The edge is knowing that you are getting to your goals and treating people right along the way because as good as you can be, you are so focused that you need regular people around you to balance you and help you. The edge is being able to call out someone on a business issue because you know you have done your homework. The edge is recognizing when you are wrong, and working harder to make sure it doesn’t happen again. The edge is being able to drill down and identify issues and problems and solve them before anyone knows they are there. The edge is knowing that while everyone else is talking about nonsense like the will to win, and how they know they can be successful, you are preparing yourself to compete so that you will be successful. That’s what makes business such an amazing sport. Everyone plays it. Everyone talks about how good they are or will be at it. Just a small percentage are. Every single day someone has an idea. Every day someone talks about some business they want to start. Every day someone is out there starting a business whose entire goal is to beat the hell out of yours. How cool is that.Every day some stranger from any where in the world that you have never met is trying to come up with a way to put you out of business. To take everything you have worked your ass off for, and take it all away. If you are in a growing industry, there could be hundreds or thousands of strangers trying to figure out ways to put you out of business. How cool is that. The ultimate competition. Would you like to play a game called Eat Your Lunch. We are going to face off. My ability to execute on an idea vs yours. My ability to subvert your business vs your ability to keep it going. My ability to create ways to remove any reason for your business to exist vs your ability to do the same to me. My ability to know what you are going to do, before you do it. Who gets there first? Best of all, this game doesn’t have a time limit. It’s forever. It never ends. It’s the ultimate competition.

Uncle GG

Just so we are clear, this is not meant to be political. This is personal. Very personal.

My uncle, who has been in Politics, passed away last night. In the middle of a battle, for what we express as our freedoms. He did not die in vain, for this our battle will not become a war, but our battle will be won.

R.I.P. Uncle GG.

Happy New Year

Irregardless of all the politics and things, just want to wish you Happy New Year.

Happy 2008 people.

Kahenya

Closet Whores

I love my Blackberry. Simple as. But its a closet whore. It works well in a BIS/BES environment. That’s it. Outside, its lazy. And guys releasing apps for Blackberry release .JAD files. Iskoot has still not gotten back to me about giving me a Jar or COD/ALX file for the upgrade. Hence, I am looking for a new phone that I can extend irregardless of wherever I am. The iphone is looking good, seeing that my ipod died, but the Openmoko basekit is looking better. Basically, I need a QWERTY phone to replace my Blackberry. And must sync with Linux.